The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
COOP sronrrs OF THE PRESENT DA1
when Detectives arc at = Ices, Luek Some
times Comes 20 ueip Them.

OOOD bAONh<hC VT 1eA@f S@s~sN.-N'N $500
, when Detectives arc nt . Less, Luck Some
times Comes 60 1eip Them.
Ten or twelve years ago. when was on
tho detective force Of Cincinnati. two or three
very shrewd rascals hung up" the town for
three or four weeks in n way which annoyed
us not little. They were chaps known ns
porch climbers, and tho way they did their
business was simply slick. Porch climbing
was then In Its infancy. A sneak thief might
DO ready to take advantage OF an open door or
! window on tho lowor story, but as for shin
I ming up" n column to roach a balcony. or using
light ladder to enter chamber window. no
ono had ever tried 1t.
| The very first job dono by the gang resulted
in n haul Of 5000 worth Of jewelry. Your COM
mon thief no sooner has any plumber In his
: hand thin no hastens of to tho pnwnshop to
mako raise. This iewelry was not put up,
, neither wero the second and third hauls. Then
/ we knew that we had to deal with rascals who
/ had como we'll heeled and were holding on to
their stuff or shipping 1t to some other city for
sale. The first three robberies were made ut
| tho supper hour, when all tho family were In
the dining room or down stairs. The papers
made such m ado about 1t rs to place citizens
on their guard. and the thieves changed their
hours. 1t was. In summer. and very hot
for ventilationi They went Into three or y, four
evening or up to rs late as midnight, and
cleaned out jewel cases without being seen or
Perhaps the holdest feat was the sixth job
undertaken. There was small one-story
house standing beside an elegant mansion.
| Tho little house was on a corner. One Of the
larger house, ana then ascended the TIN CON
The Blinds Inside I but he hung 70
the sill with one hand until he could open them
Mh the tic o s r.
was doing. Tho fellow. was then sitting in the
window dangling his legs IN careless way.
Jim and do that for exercise every night"
With that no disappeared into the bath room.
on that iloor. It seemed that all the family ex.
ccpt daughter were away to neighbor's, and
tho young lady had a beau In the psrior The
servants were out on u rear yeranda, and the
rooms were thus at tho mercy OF the thief. He
took his time in making his search. and, while
not despise lnces. opera glasses, and valuable
bric.a-brac. He made up e large bundle Of
SWag the sooes
when no descended the front stairs. The girl
IBID you want to see pepa1" ~, , 49,.
Seems my /, aeS &C. ou FL Elm eas S
What is the namep
other night will do as WE'LL.
she saw, him DEPART without thought of
discovered later on. The detectives were in
structed to let everything drop to hunt down
esn asd ee THi @Sad
every. hotol and boarding house under strict
scrutiny, but we could turn ), up no o,. sns-
bath room window was said to have long blac rl
u unetqous sort te Of ioiioW Five hundred men
s answer r these For many days the
about dePots guarded ia and gardens and con
At least every second night there was u fresh
robbery. and every second day the papers had
and beabor u.s. 'S We were Seemingly DOING ali
that men could do; and our position was truly
oades of 9S I'm
able thoroughfares lived an old maid-that is.
che Of sstsy De kSs rsme nrdIsr
CELLARS 5Yres S drawer II nh her room RI:
ans aRs hoSss a
asl the o hs sss TG tSs
BY means Of the conductor. enter Without dis;
20 for thst moses What aid she Do But 20
out and baX stesItrap.sometth Ing big
wants to set it for, her. and tho open trap was
placed IN the top bureau drawer, and ne chain
~ Two ' nights passed Without another depreda-
that, the fellows had to be more. iy; on the
maid was aroused from her deep sleep by q
human yell Of pain. and she was no sooner on
He was down on his knees in front Of tho
bureau, and both hands were fast in the trap;
the wp psa se WAS Ms sWa wal s Calmly Observed
s sss"; ii. Please don't make any disturbance
"a friend OF Wills, and We both came home
LITTLE spgssn Sose please help mo to get
There was a win about the house-the mans
sonbut he had not been out that SyeP-
OUT getting out of bed the woman touched an
electric button. and within ton minutes the
the man IN charse The Jaws Of the trap had
caught him about the wrists. and he had sui.
&sos eRap pea seoa %
When taken to tho station his ,whiskers were
found 70 be glued on. and he also had false
overhaul. He turned out to be- q New Orleans
he ensure II Dav NJ oo%ed
swiftly, and also in curious way, AS a train
s0S Sosn oS TO Ss fs SSSE
into q iangle with the expressman about the
charge for bringing it down. and the depot
officer finally arrested both On the way
to the. station the young fellow tried
to bribe the officer and that settled
it was opened eyory dollars worth OF prop
erty which had been stolen was found
therein. Ii there was third man In the party.
which some OF us believed he saved his bacon
and got ont some other way. In the baggage
of the second man. whom we never identified.
were three different wigs and whiskers to
match. Both had been in disguise whom
abroad and 1t was little wonder we could not
spot the right mon. Both are still In prison, or
have not been at liberty over year.
Devils Work.